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U. K. Scientist Seeks Food Security In Climate Deal

By Nina Chestney November 12, 2009

Agriculture has a critical role to play in a global agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the British Farm Ministry’s chief scientist said Nov. 2. “The text has to recognize the critical role of agriculture in both mitigation and adaptation,” Robert Watson told Reuters at a food security conference at London-based think-tank Chatham House. Negotiators

Cereals, Grain Markets

Ethanol Still Supporting Grain Markets

By Don Bousquet October 1, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Sept. 25 lower with modest losses in canola. Canola was pressured down by the advancing harvest, favourable weather, bearish technical signals, slower demand

Opinion

How Soon Will Cellulosic Ethanol Arrive?

By Cole Gustafson August 27, 2009

The arrival of ethanol produced from cellulosic feedstock sources has almost been a standing joke within the ethanol industry. Each year it has always been “four to five years down the road” before commercial production would become viable. That’s changed: the “four to five years” is now. At a recent ethanol workshop, several companies, including

Crops

Ethanol Consumes Extra Production

By Muchena Zigomo August 20, 2009

World agricultural commodity stocks have fallen sharply in the past decade and may continue to be hit by growing biofuels production and rising demand, a CME Group economist said Aug. 17. John Hill, an economist for CME – the world’s largest derivatives exchange – said the rise in biofuels output posed a threat to agricultural

Opinion

Agricultural Energy Expansion Must-Haves

By Ian Wishart July 30, 2009

The expanding renewable energy sector offers incredible opportunities for Manitoba producers. What we need now are the right policy tools and information on diversifying into new agricultural-based energy solutions such as biomass, wind power, and renewable fuels. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) recently updated a policy paper regarding agricultural energy, which outlines our vision for the

News

Water Worries Cloud Future For U. S. Biofuel

By Carey Gillam July 2, 2009

“We really have to ask ourselves, do we want to be driving with renewable fuels or with gasoline made from petroleum resources?” – BRENT ERICKSON, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION It’s corn-planting time in the U. S. Plains, and that means Kansas corn farmer Merl “Buck” Rexford is worrying about the weather – and hoping

News

Bioeconomy Remains Important To Farmers’ Future

By Alex Binkley June 4, 2009

Biofuels and the fledgling bioproducts industry continue to provide an important economic opportunity for farmers despite troubles the industry has experienced in the past year, says Gordon Quaiattini, president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. A recent report from the International Energy Agency should clear up charges biofuels are a greater source of greenhouse gases

Opinion

New Regs Upset Ethanol Applecart

By Cole Gustafson May 28, 2009

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 5 announced proposed regulations regarding implementation of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). Despite the legislation’s namesake, there isn’t much security for the growth of traditional corn ethanol. EISA was landmark legislation for the biofuels industry because it set a national goal of producing

Opinion

Big Oil Invests In Ethanol

By Alan Guebert March 26, 2009

If it’s even partly true that you’re known by the company you keep, then the farmer-loved ethanol business got a lot less lovable Feb. 8 when Valero Energy Corp., the largest crude oil refiner in North America, announced its intent to purchase five of the choicest plants owned by mega-biofuel maker, mega-bankrupt VeraSun Energy. Should

News

More U. S. Ethanol Companies In Financial Trouble

March 26, 2009

Corn ethanol maker Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. said March 16 it was in default on some its debt payments and may need to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company said it was seeking to raise capital, “including seeking additional debt and equity financing and a potential sale of all or part of the

Daily Network News

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U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

Tag Archives Bioenergy

U. K. Scientist Seeks Food Security In Climate Deal

Ethanol Still Supporting Grain Markets

How Soon Will Cellulosic Ethanol Arrive?

Ethanol Consumes Extra Production

Agricultural Energy Expansion Must-Haves

Water Worries Cloud Future For U. S. Biofuel

Bioeconomy Remains Important To Farmers’ Future

New Regs Upset Ethanol Applecart

Big Oil Invests In Ethanol

More U. S. Ethanol Companies In Financial Trouble

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